Portion calculator

The portion planner removes the guesswork by suggesting how much to cook, depending on who's coming for dinner, and ways to measure it. Thanks to the NHS 5 A Day website for the fruit and vegetable portion information.

For Christmas and other occasions when you may be serving many types of vegetables in one meal the individual portion sizes may be smaller.

Step 1: what food would you like to measure? Step 2: how many are you cooking for? Step 3: get your portioning details

How many adults are you cooking for?

And children?

Tools to help you measure your perfect portions...

Mug

A 300ml mug is handy for measuring uncooked rice. 1 adult portion = 1/4 mug.

Tablespoon

Good for measuring out portions of rice, beans and dried fruits.

Spaghetti measurer

Not sure how to measure pasta? Start with a spaghetti measurer

Weighing scales

Use your weighing scales for accuracy. Follow the weight guide.